2016 SheBelieves Cup

2016 SheBelieves Cup
Tournament details
Host country United States
Dates March 3–9
Teams 4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s) 3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  United States (1st title)
Runners-up  Germany
Third place  England
Fourth place  France
Tournament statistics
Matches played 6
Goals scored 9 (1.5 per match)
Top scorer(s) United States Alex Morgan
(2 goals)
Best player United States Alex Morgan
Best goalkeeper United States Hope Solo

The 2016 SheBelieves Cup was the inaugural edition of the SheBelieves Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held in the United States. It took place between March 3 and 9, 2016,[1] before the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]

Teams

Team FIFA Rankings
(December 2015)[3]		 Squads
 United States
1
United States squad
 Germany
2
Germany squad
 France
3
France squad
 England
5
England squad

Format

The four invited teams played a round-robin tournament.

Points awarded in the group stage followed the standard formula of three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.

Results

The schedule was announced in January 2016.[1]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  United States (H) 3 3 0 0 4 1 +3 9
2  Germany 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
3  England 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
4  France 3 0 1 2 0 2 −2 1
Source: US Soccer
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head number of goals scored; 7) FIFA ranking.[4]
(H) Host.
United States  1–0  England
Dunn  72' Report
Attendance: 13,027
Referee: Tatiana Guzman (Nicaragua)
United States  1–0  France
Morgan  90+1' Report
Attendance: 25,363
Referee: Alondra Sandoval (Mexico)
Germany  2–1  England
Flaherty  76' (o.g.)
Peter  82' (pen.)		 Report Duggan  9'
Attendance: 25,363
Referee: Katja Koroleva (United States)
France  0–0  England
Report
Referee: Gillian Martindale (Barbados)
United States  2–1  Germany
Morgan  35'
Mewis  41'		 Report Mittag  29'
Attendance: 13,501
Referee: Carol Chenard (Canada)

Goalscorers

2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

References

  1. 1 2 "U.S. Soccer to host inaugural SheBelieves Cup in March". Goal.com. January 12, 2016.
  2. ↑ "U.S. Soccer to Host SheBelieves Cup Featuring USA, England, France and Germany". USSoccer.com. January 12, 2016.
  3. ↑ FIFA Rankings December 2015
  4. ↑ Rules for classification
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